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Stalled permanent residency application has left London, Ont., engineer’s life ‘on hold’

Amid an economy stricken by the COVID-19 pandemic, 25-year-old Aravind Shaju had to reluctantly step away from his job as an engineer at a lab...

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Canada’s acting top soldier gives head of navy chance at redemption after golf controversy

After two weeks of deliberations, Canada’s acting top soldier, Lt.-Gen. Wayne Eyre, has decided Vice-Admiral Craig Baines will continue to serve as the head...

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‘Where is their soul?’: Inside the failed push to make Catholic Church pay for its residential school abuses

Residential school survivor Rick Daniels and his wife, Judy Greyeyes, live in a small apartment just a few kilometres from Saskatoon’s towering $28.5-million Holy...

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Man whose burned body was found in septic tank on Alberta farm identified by DNA 44 years later

A man whose death in Alberta has fascinated armchair detectives for years has finally been identified by the RCMP using genetic genealogy, The...

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‘Ashamed of my faith’: Some Catholics struggle after discovery of unmarked graves at residential schools

WARNING: This story contains distressing details. The discovery of hundreds of unmarked graves at former residential schools in Saskatchewan and British Columbia has...

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Why reports of COVID-19 infections after 2 vaccine doses aren’t cause for alarm

At first glance, reports of people getting infected with COVID-19 despite being fully vaccinated can sound alarming, as if this crop of long-awaited...

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Regina woman who lost mother and grandmother to COVID-19 says return to normal isn’t possible

Laina Tuckanow, 21, stands beside two dirt-covered graves in Riverside Memorial Park Cemetery in Regina. They’re not marked with headstones or covered in grass yet....

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Ontario woman leaves office life behind to help save 115-year-old family farm

When Jenn Schooley works in the orchard of her family farm, surrounded by dwarf fruit trees and bright, fragrant fields of lavender — her mother’s “field of dreams” —...

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Maritime startup invents Lego-style bricks made from recycled plastic

A Sunday drive through Nova Scotia’s Annapolis Valley offers bucolic views of neat rows of grape vines and apple trees, but also rows and...

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Survivors, community honour 751 unmarked graves at Sask. residential school site with vigil

WARNING: This story contains distressing details. Seven-hundred and fifty-one lights spanned the entirety of the unmarked graves discovered on Cowessess First Nation in...

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Must love food: N.B. couple’s ‘room for rent’ ad stands out for a deliciously quirky reason

In a sea of ads for rooms for rent, Shauna Bowens’ and Nathan Thomas’s ad is a deliciously quirky standout. The couple recently...

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This 16-year-old is one of the youngest U of T grads — but she says it’s all been ‘pretty normal’

Vivian Xie has a lot to be proud of at the age of 16.  She’s skipped several grades, completed Grade 10 over a single summer,...

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Western Canada heat wave expected to break daily, all-time temperature records

A heat wave stretching across Western Canada, from B.C. into southern Saskatchewan and up through the Yukon and the Northwest Territories, is set to break...

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RCMP looking at legal options to remove serial sexual harassers from the ranks

The RCMP says it’s looking into whether it can automatically fire Mounties accused in multiple sexual harassment cases and stop other alleged perpetrators...

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Calls to ‘Cancel Canada Day’ draw mixed reaction

Findings at the former Kamloops Indian Residential School in British Columbia that indicate the remains of an estimated 215 children could be buried...

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Canadian hyperloop company says ultra-high-speed travel between Calgary and Edmonton is feasible

Canadian hyperloop company TransPod has completed a feasibility study of the implementation of an ultra-high-speed transportation line between Calgary and Edmonton. The company...